"He's trying to kill me!" "No, I ain't," retorted Flapp.

"I'm only giving him a whipping that he deserves." "It's an outrage to strike anybody with that chain," said Sam.
"You needn't put your oar in, Sam Rover!" "But he just will, and so will I," said Tom.

"Give me that chain," and he tried to pull it from Lew Flapp's hand.
"Let go!" screamed Lew Flapp, and began a struggle to keep the chain in his possession.

He struck at Tom, hitting him in the shoulder.

Then Tom got mad, doubled up his fist, and Lew Flapp received a blow in the left eye that made him see stars.
"Oh!" he howled and dropped the chain.